On the surface, cornerback Marcus Peters should have brought the Kansas City Chiefs more than a pair of draft picks -- one in the second round and one in the fourth -- from the Los Angeles Rams. Peters is 25 and one of the league's best players at his position,.
There are still good reasons the Chiefs should be satisfied in getting two picks, the second-rounder in 2019 and the fourth-rounder this season. Terms of the trade, which also sends a 2018 sixth-round pick from the Chiefs to the Rams, have been reported by the NFL Network and ESPN.
The Chiefs were motivated to trade him, something the Rams and other teams knew. Weary of his behavior, which was at times bizarre, and wary of soon having to invest a lot of money in Peters if they kept him, the Chiefs had decided it was time to move on.
On the other hand, few teams were seriously interested in trading for Peters. The supply and demand of the situation dictated that the Chiefs weren't going to collect a bounty in return. The Chiefs might have been better off to receive that second-round pick this year, but that wasn't going to happen. The Rams don't have a second-round choice this year, having traded it in a previous deal.
So though the trade was lopsided in favor of the Rams in terms of his football ability, it sounds about right with regard to the marketplace and the factors that made this situation unusual. In that sense, the Chiefs weren't fleeced, but instead did about as well here as could reasonably be expected.
